John Kellden originally shared this post:
Frameworks, part 19: What Maslow Missed
"“Here’s the problem with Maslow’s hierarchy – None of these needs — starting with basic survival on up — are possible without social connection and collaboration…. Without collaboration, there is no survival. It was not possible to defeat a Woolley Mammoth, build a secure structure, or care for children while hunting without a team effort. It’s more true now than then. Our reliance on each other grows as societies became more complex, interconnected, and specialized. Connection is a prerequisite for survival, physically and emotionally.”
— Pamela Rutledge
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/positively-media/201111/social-networks-what-maslow-misses-0
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyo…